Matas Maldeikis (1980) Lithuanian statesman
Source: Matas Maldeikis (2021) cited in: " Despite Beijing's ire, Baltic lawmakers bet on Taiwan https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202112050009" in Focus Taiwan, 5 December 2021.
“I call investing the greatest business in the world … because you never have to swing.”
Interview in Forbes magazine (1 November 1974)
Variant: The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at everything — you can wait for your pitch. The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, "Swing, you bum!"
1999 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, as quoted in The Tao of Warren Buffett by Mary Buffett and David Clark p. 145
Context: I call investing the greatest business in the world … because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate, the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U. S. Steel at 39! and nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity lost. All day you wait for the pitch you like; then when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.
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